Mindful Medicine

Have you ever said, “I’ll start my diet on Monday?” The week happens, you lose enthusiasm and decide to push it off until the next Monday.

Overeating comes from being overworked, overstressed and overwhelmed. Life factors throw challenges at your workout and nutrition plans.

It doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing. You can work on making better choices today. See where things went off the rails. Discover what triggers choices that don’t align with your goals. Make sure your plans are manageable for your current lifestyle demands.

Listen as Gowrie Hayden joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss the special challenges women face when trying to lose weight.

One in three Americans currently suffer from chronic pain. It can be daunting to find the best way to successfully manage one’s pain.

A chronic pain diagnosis brings shock, bewilderment and grief. The loss of life before the chronic pain isn’t always acknowledged in the medical community. It is tough to come to terms with the loss of function caused by the pain.

Conventional medical practitioners receive specialized training in their areas of expertise. They don’t always know as much about alternative treatments or therapies outside of their fields of expertise.

Guided imagery and hypnosis have proven successful in helping pain management. Lowering stress, reducing the need for pain medication before or after surgery, and reducing chemotherapy-induced nausea are all benefits individuals have experienced from these alternative therapies.

Listen as Dr. Traci Stein joins Dr. Holly Lucille to share alternative therapies for addressing chronic pain.

If you suffer from a sugar addition, former sugar addict Molly Carmel might have the solution you need: a sugar breakup.

Much like any relationship, you can’t cut and run when things aren’t going your way. You need to stop and assess your relationship before you can have a clean breakup. 

Most addictions are two-pronged—they affect the nervous system and are substance addictions. Sugar addiction is four-pronged, because it affects the nervous system, it’s a substance that can be abused, it’s a process addiction (much like gambling or gaming), and it affects our endocrine system, meaning that we are more likely to head for the fridge when we’re tired, stressed, or feeling overwhelmed.

However, it is possible to have a healthy relationship with food, and Molly can help you develop it. Listen as she joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss how to break up with sugar.

It may surprise you to know that silver has a number of healing properties. When taken orally or applied topically, silver can boost your immune system and heal minor cuts, scrapes, burns, bites, bruises, and skin infections.

Silver has safeguarded human health for thousands of years. Today, bio-Active Sovereign Silver supplements can be taken safely to promote a healthy lifestyle. Learn more about the chemical makeup of silver supplements and how you can support your immune system with it.

Listen as Robert MacCuspie joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss the healing powers of silver.

You know you need to make a change but your attempts are met with failure. Are you sabotaging yourself?

There are many resources available at your fingertips to help you achieve your goals. 

You probably have a good idea of what you should be doing. You also likely have an idea of what you shouldn’t be doing.

But, you’re not making things happen for yourself. What gives?

You have to get out of your own way. Self sabotage is the drive toward negative things. You have to come to terms with that knowledge in order to overcome it.

While there are conscious things you’re doing to sabotage yourself, some acts are happening on an unconscious level. You don’t recognize those factors until after the fact.

Develop self awareness. Know that you want it. Notice what drives you toward negative behavior and away from your goals. You have to be aware of it to gain control over it. See if your behavior consistently leads to negative results.

Ending Self Sabotage

First, stop being frustrated with yourself. Don’t ask why you keep doing this. There’s no reason to marvel at it like it’s a surprise that you’re sabotaging yourself. To solve the problem of self sabotage, just look at what you’re doing.

Second, recognize you’re doing it. Find the part of yourself that wants to move toward the pro-survival goal.

Finally, work through the sabotaging behavior. Once you recognize what you do, it’s easier to spot.

Listen as Mike Bundrant joins Dr. Holly Lucille to help you end your self sabotage.

The holidays seem like a marathon of food temptation. With weight loss as a goal for many people, holiday feasts make it difficult.

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Tips for Holidays

Listen as Dr. Felicia Stoler joins Dr. Holly Lucille to help you navigate the holiday smorgasbords.

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Money, financial planning, and investing can be a huge source of stress for Americans. However it doesn’t need to be.

Financial analyst, Manny Weintraub, explains investing in plain English and helps his clients bring mindfulness into the investing process. 

He encourages people to think about money the way you’d think about food. You may not understand the science behind it, but you can learn how to make good choices. You also need to find a partner you trust to offer advice that is in your best interests. You wouldn't take diet tips from the processed foods industry, right? 

He shares tips on how to create a portfolio that is consistent with your values and eliminate stress from investing with his seven rules of mindful investing, which include:

Listen as Manny joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss how to de-stress when you invest.

The current population in the United States is the first society in history that is simultaneously overweight and malnourished.

Back in the 70s, obesity skyrocketed because organizations like the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology promoted low-fat diets and low-fat foods that replaced fats with sugar and processed carbohydrates. 

We often hear that low-fat diets, low cholesterol diets, and veganism can help you lose weight and get healthy. However, these diets are often bad for your heart. Humans need good HDL cholesterol, healthy fats, and certain vitamins found in animal products like B12 and D in order to function. By skipping these food groups, you’re actually more prone to heart disease and obesity.

Listen as cardiologist Barbara Hudson Roberts joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss diets and heart health.

More so than ever before, people give too much of themselves and have issues receiving help from others.

We absorb the negative energy and anxiety of the people around us and our internal energy is dampened. This leads to stress, anxiety, and eventually, burnout.

The stress of the holidays only exacerbates this. A time that should be joyful winds up being more stressful than it should be. Jennifer Marcenelle, MBA, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, shares tips for how to care for your mind and restore your energy at home during the holiday season through meditation, better sleep habits, limiting exposure to electromagnetic radiation, and healing crystals.

Listen as Jennifer joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss holiday burnout.

Humans have trillions of bacteria in the gut that make up our microbiome. The majority of our microbiome live in the large intestine. However, Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth or SIBO occurs when there’s an overgrowth of the bacteria in the large intestine that spills into the small intestine. 

This condition is a subset of IBS, and it’s assumed that nearly 60 percent of people with IBS actually have SIBO. The condition interferes with digestion and causes bloating, stomach discomfort, and constipation or diarrhea. 

Dr. Nirala Jacobi, a SIBO expert, discusses the causes, symptoms, and treatments for SIBO, including natural supplements that can be used to curb the effects of the condition. She also offers free resources for those with SIBO at www.TheSIBODoctor.com. 

Listen as Nirala Jacobi joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss SIBO.